JOHANNESBURG – The Energy Department has announced that the - TopicsExpress



          

JOHANNESBURG – The Energy Department has announced that the price of petrol will decrease by R1,27 a litre while diesel will decrease by R1,05 a litre from 7 January. Illuminating paraffin will decrease by R1,44 a litre and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will decrease by R2,10 a kilogram. Minister of Energy Tina Joematt-Pettersson says that this huge decrease in the fuel prices would be a big relief to motorists and users of LPG and paraffin, in particular the low-income households. The department says the main reason for the fuel price decreases is the continued drop in the price of crude oil which led to a decrease in the prices of petroleum products in the international markets. However, the depreciation of the rand against the US dollar led to an increase in the contribution to the Basic Fuel Price by between 17,92 c/l and 19,75 c/l. This was off-set by the drop in the crude oil price during the period under review.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:30:19 +0000

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